European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — 23 Feb 2004 at 17:26

moved Amendment No. 5:

Page 2, line 6, at end insert-

"( ) The pilot order must provide that-

(a) all postal ballot papers must be accompanied by a declaration of identity, signed by the elector and by a witness, and containing in legible form the name and address of the witness;

(b) each elector who has returned a postal ballot paper is sent an acknowledgment by the returning officer."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 5) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 157; Not-Contents, 110.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Con82 038.5%
Crossbench18 211.7%
Green1 0100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab0 105 (+2 tell)57.2%
LDem50 (+2 tell) 081.3%
UUP1 0100.0%
Total:153 10741.4%

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Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Baroness Greengross Crossbenchno
Baroness Howarth of BrecklandCrossbenchno

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